Is Knott’s Berry Farm about ready to add a new dark ride to the park? After we’ve seen them restore the Log Ride last year and are about ready to reopen the new Calico Mine Train in a few days, Screamscape is hearing rumors that crews have been spotted performing some clean-up work inside the former home of the Kingdom of the Dinosaurs dark ride building. The location would be perfect for a new dark ride… perhaps Knott’s own version of a Wonder Mountain’s Guardian style interactive dark ride attraction. Stay tuned!
Original source of the rumor Screamscape
Knott's News: This is nothing new, we've been hearing this for a while now and I've even talked about it in an article I wrote HERE. I Just hope it's not the TrioTech dark ride system that Canada's Wonderland received this year (Wonder Mountain's Guardian) going in the old Knott's Bear-y Tales / Kingdom of the Dinosaurs building. I've heard some negative things about that ride; from the worlds largest 3D screen being only 720p (causing blurred vision and eye strain) to the short ride length at around a minute long (add to that the LONG wait caused partially by the horrible ride capacity). IMO the ride scenes need to be rendered at 4K to be comfortable to the eye (especially when soo close to such a large screen), the same resolution as the Spider-Man and Transformers rides (keep in mind that these shows are pre-rendered while the TrioTech ride system has to render it real time due to the interactivity, not an easy task at 4K) but I just feel the tech just isn't there yet. In the end, I say Knott's should stick with a high capacity ride system and preferably physical props and sets. You know I want a re-imagined Bear-y Tales!
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